Darktrace shares fall below IPO price as new client sign-ups slow Cybersecurity firm hits lowest level since flotation as co-founder fights extradition to US on fraud charges The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2023
M&S shoppers warned over 'fake website' scam Fraudsters are building fake websites that look like the M&S website Chronicle Live · Jan 11, 2023
Tech & Science Daily podcast: Could we see a UK digital pound? The UK government is laying down the groundwork for a possible national cryptocurrency, or ‘digital pound’. Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2023
UK investors caught up in FTX collapse make reports to police The total loss reported was £1.16 million, with the biggest individual loss at £1 million. The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023
Commentary: We should celebrate, not bemoan, the swift collapse of FTX If indeed all the reports are true— that the cryptocurrency exchange FTX lent out billions of dollars in customer deposits for risky bets without their consent — then the world should celebrate its swift demise. Markets are ruthless in rewarding success and punishing failure. And FTX’s fall from grace over… Tribune News Service · Jan 11, 2023
SEC probes embattled crypto exchange Zipmex The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether the embattled crypto exchange Zipmex, which is in the midst of being taken over by a Thailand-linked venture capital fund, breached local rules in its offer of certain digital-asset products. Bangkok Post · Jan 11, 2023
Strikes underway at Glenrothes offshore supply chain provider Union members respond to 'paltry' 3% pay rise offer Insider UK · Jan 11, 2023
Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months for tax fraud, judge condemns ‘offensive’ greed NEW YORK — A New York judge on Tuesday condemned the “offensive” greed of the Trump Organization’s Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg before sentencing him to five months behind bars. Tribune News Service · Jan 10, 2023
Coinbase lays off around 20% of its workforce as crypto downturn continues This latest round of job cuts, around 950, comes after the company laid off about 1,100 people back in June. WEKU · Jan 10, 2023
What the FTC’s noncompete agreement ban could mean for you Noncompete agreements bar about 30 million American workers from quitting their jobs to work for rival companies or start their own businesses, a practice that the Federal Trade Commission calls exploitative and wants to ban. Tribune News Service · Jan 10, 2023
'Fraudster' who allegedly posed as psychiatrist paid more than £1m by NHS, court hears He said she forged a degree certificate and a letter of verification which she sent to the General Medical Council (GMC) in 1995 with the aim of becoming registered as a doctor in the UK. Daily Record · Jan 10, 2023
Coinbase lays off almost 1,000 staff as crypto winter bites The move is the latest in a string of successive job cuts at the firm as it seeks to weather turmoil in the crypto markets Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2023
TikTok has been spying on reporters – exactly no one is surprised Inside the social video app’s new scandal. Plus, Musk continues to Trump tech and Apple might finally make the metaverse interesting The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023
Editorial: Competition is all-American: The Biden administration is right to move to ban noncompete agreements We don’t know whether the Federal Trade Commission is right that forbidding noncompete agreements in labor contracts will increase wages by nearly $300 billion per year. Nor do we have a strong opinion about whether the ban can be carried out via regulation, as just proposed, or requires legislation like… Tribune News Service · Jan 10, 2023
Bangkok Post · Jan 10, 2023 Arrested Chinese for extradition in 2 major fraud cases Two Chinese men wanted in separate major fraud cases in China have been arrested and face extradition on charges involving about 2 billion baht in combined damages.
AAP · Jan 10, 2023 Suspicious pokie reports spike: regulator Reports of suspected money laundering through poker machines soared during the past year, the government's financial regulator says.
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Strange devices with antennae are popping up all over Salt Lake City Officials say there may be as many as a dozen such devices in the area. They’re unsure who is responsible for them
Birmingham Post · Jan 9, 2023 Workouts for the eyes - elite training for fleet drivers introduced by regional giant Top sports professionals have been through the programme now introduced by Howdens
Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2023 Crypto trading app Tap Global among London’s first public listings in 2023 Tap’s founders are hopeful for its prospects despite the turbulence in the crypto industry
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Czech ex-Premier Babis acquitted in EU funds fraud case A Prague court has acquitted former Prime Minister Andrej Babis of fraud charges in a $2 million case involving European Union subsidies
Daily Mirror · Jan 8, 2023 Logan Paul withdraws threat of legal action over $6million crypto "scam" documentary Paul had previously posted a seven-minute long video responding directly to a documentary accusing him of running a cryptocurrency scam that cost fans millions
The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2023 'The money is gone': Bahamas tries to turn page after FTX At a recent celebration of Christmas in the Bahamas, Bishop Lawrence Rolle sang about a half dozen songs, mostly Afro-Caribbean gospel songs
Zenger · Jan 7, 2023 McCarthy Took $2 Million From FTX Crypto Scam Co-Founder He hasn't said what he intends to do about the money, while other Republicans have turned FTX funds over to the U.S. Treasury.
Bangkok Post · Jan 6, 2023 JIB introduces digital coin for loyalty scheme IT retailer JIB Computer Group has embraced corporate blockchain technology as it pushes its utility token JBC coin to serve as a new marketing tool and draw the interest of younger generations.
Daily Mirror · Jan 6, 2023 Bet365 gambling fatcat boss earns £213million in one year - or £600,000 a DAY Bet365's Denise Coates, 55, was paid more than £200m in just one year, one of the biggest salaries ever awarded in the UK after founding the company from a portable cabin in a Stoke car park in 2000